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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Porter Five Forces | ![]() Architecture Request for Comments | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |
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